35- DURUY (A.), MARC (E.). Hunting sketches. Le... Lot 35

35- [DURUY (A.), MARC (E.)]. Hunting sketches. Le drag de Pau. [Paris], Becquet frères, s.d. (1862), oblong in-4 (25 x 32 cm), (preface by Théodore de Foudras, excerpted from Sport of October 6, 1858, four-column text), cherry-colored chagrined cloth, cold frames on boards, title pushed in gilt letters to center of upper board (publisher's binding). Copy unstuck. Extremely rare single edition of this satirical album on the introduction of hunting in Béarn, especially fox hunting. Foudras' highly critical preface explains how the scarcity of this animal in the region led to the importation of alternative techniques. Title and 14 lithographed and colored plates, signed by Duruy or Marc. Thiébaud, 631. Only two copies in the CCF (BnF and Pau).